Btjckle



E. JACOBSON.

BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.'4.'191a.

Patented Sept. 16, 1919.

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.EDWARD JACOBSON, OF NEAR DOGDEN, NORTH DAKOTA BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 16, 1919.

Application filed November 4, 1918. Serial No. 261,039.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWAR J AooBsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing near Dogden, in the county of McHenry and State of North Dakota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to a novel construction of buckle and the primary obj ect of the invention is to locate the gripping means within a casing provided with a tapering bore and to actuate said means by sliding movement along said bore.

The invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a front view of the device;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section;

Fig. 3 is a cross section.

In these views 1 indicates a casing which may be made of any desired shape or style and said casing is provided with a tapering bore 2. The casing has slots 3 in its sides which communicate with the said bore. The gripping jaws 4 are each made of a fiat plate having one end bent upwardly and provided with teeth as at 5. These jaws engage with the top and bottom walls of the tapered bore and they are secured to a sliding sleeve on which embraces the outer side of the casing. The jaws are secured to the sleeve by the rivets 7 which pass through the slots 3. It will thus be seen that as the sleeve is moved along the casing the jaws will be moved also and the toothed ends of said jaws will be broughttogether as they move toward the small end of the bore. The sleeve is made of resilient material so as to permit this movement of the jaws and the toothed ends of the jaws are directed toward the small end of the bore. I may form the sleeve by bending a strip of material around the easing and securing its ends together by a tongue and slot connection as at 8, or said sleeve may be formed integrally.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is A buckle comprising a casing having a tapered interior and a pair of diametrically arranged slots in two of its sides, a pair of jaws in said casing, a sleeve embracing the casing and rivets passing through said slots and connecting the jaws to the sleeve.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EDWARD JACOBSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G. 

